'Full Monty' writer's film gets first Net premiere

A low-budget British film from the writer of The Full Monty is the first in the world to be given a premiere on the Internet.

A low-budget British film from the writer of The Full Montyis the first in the world to be given a premiere on the Internet.

This Is Not A Love Songis a gritty Deliverance-style film shot in less than a fortnight.

The thriller will be streamed online today, as well as simultaneously being shown in a handful of cinemas.

It stars David Bradley - best known for his roles in Our Friends In The Northand as Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films - and John Henshaw from BBC2's The Copsand Early Doors.

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The film, made under £500,000 sterling, sees two fugitives on the run from a group of vigilante farmers after an accidental killing on a remote farm.

Simon Beaufoy, who created The Full Monty, wrote the screenplay in a matter of days and it was shot in just 12 days. Director Bille Eltringham shot the film digitally rather than using film.

British movie bosses are keen to see how much interest there is in watching movies on the Internet as it could become a way of making them more widely screened.